AMARC Europe is the umbrella organisation for community radio in Europe
World Association of Community Radio Broadcasters - Association Mondiale des Radiodiffuseurs Communautaires - Asociación Mundial de Radios Comunitarias
More than 120 community radio activists from 14 Arab countries gathered at the lowest spot on Earth to talk about the challenges of producing, broadcasting and sustaining community owned media, especially radio. A declaration, the Dead Sea Declaration, issued by the participants called for an “enabling legal and administrative environment that supports and sustains the work of these radio stations
Read moreCommunity Media was represented by the CMFE board members Ciaran Murray and Pieter de Wit at the Council of Europe Conference of Ministers responsible for Media and Information Society, held in Belgrade on November 7-8, and at the Meeting of the Committee on Culture, Science, Education and Media of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) on November
Read moreRecommendation CM/Rec(2013) of the Committee of Ministers to member States on gender equality and media (Adopted by the Committee of Ministers on 10 July 2013 at the 1176th meeting of the Ministers’ Deputies) Gender equality is an indispensable condition for the full enjoyment of human rights. The enjoyment of the rights as granted by the European Convention on Human Rights
Read moreBruxelles, June 13th 2013, the European branch of the World Association of Community Radio Broadcasters is deeply concerned by the sudden closure of Greek public broadcaster ERT, and the threats to the right of information during a period of profound social, political and financial crisis. “After the closure of 2 community radio stations, Entasi Fm and 98Fm on April 11th
Read moreNearly 100 community media representatives from over 25 European countries, convened in Montpellier, France, as part of the Third Pan-European General Assembly of AMARC Europe to celebrate the transversal and inclusive approach of community radio stations at all levels. Considering: • The European Charter for Community Radio, adopted at the founding conference of AMARC-Europe in Slovenia in 1994 • The European Parliament resolution
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